The upcoming JEE Mains 2014 exam will be available in Marathi, Gujarati and Urdu in addition to English and Hindi.

The question papers for the upcoming Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Mains 2014 exam will be available in Gujarati, Marathi and Urdu in addition to the common options of English and Hindi. The JEE Mains exam 2014, to be conducted for admission to undergraduate engineering courses, has seen the participation of three new states: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha while Gujarat began accepting JEE Mains scores from 2013. Receiving a positive response, around 340 students have registered attempting the exam in Urdu, 938 in Marathi and 60,142 in Gujarati.

A senior official in a statement said "This is a positive trend and will help in giving a level playing field. We are hopeful that more states will join us next year. This will give us a wider platform to include more regional languages for the exam. In the long run, it will benefit the students."

All examination centres will provide the option of English or Hindi medium, examination centres in Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli will have additional choice of Gujarati and examination centres in Maharashtra will have additional options of Marathi and Urdu. The inclusion of more languages as mediums for the examination has increased the number of registrations for JEE Mains 2014.

Conducted by CBSE, the registrations for JEE Mains completed on January 6, and the examination will be held both in pen and paper mode and in computer based format. Candidates securing the top 1.5 lakh ranks will be eligible for the JEE (Advanced) 2014 exam, used for admission to undergraduate engineering courses at the IITs and at ISM Dhanbad. Important datesAdmit card available online from: March 1, 2014Pen and Paper based exam: April 6, 2014 Computer based exam: April 9, April 11, April 12 and April 19, 2014 Results: May 3, 2014